Several original acts return for this weekend’s Monterey Pops Festival

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Updated: 1:06 PM PDT Jun 16, 2017

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WEBVTT BRITTANY: GOOD AFTERNOONI'M BRITTANY NIELSEN.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON INMONTEREY WHERE THE MONTEREY POPFESTIVAL IS CELEBRATING THESUMMER OF LOVE WITH THE 50THANNIVERSARY OF THE EVENT.AND ACTION NEWS REPORTER CAITLINCONRAD IS THERE LIVE WITH MORE.CAITLIN: GOOD AFTERNOON.THE GATES ARE OPEN.PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME INFOR THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL.NO ONE HAS TAKEN THIS DATE YET.I WILL LET YOU GET A LOOK AT THESET UP.IT IS PRETTY COOL.SARAWAK IS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON-- SARAH WATKINS IS SUPPOSED BEON STAGE AT NOON.IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY ANDEVENING OF FUN AND MUSIC.I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO A LOTOF PEOPLE, SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHENI WAS WALKING IN THE SET I WASHERE 50 YEARS AGO.I AM BACK AGAIN TODAY.ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THESPECTRUM, I SPOKE TO TWOTEENAGERS FROM WALNUT CREEK.I GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING.THEY WERE SOME OF THE FIRSTPEOPLE IN THE GATE.THEY ARE SITTING IN THE FRONTROW.THEY ARE EXCITED TO SEEFATHER JOHN MISTY.WE HAVE THE ANIMALS.HE WAS HERE FOR THE ORIGINALONE.THEY ARE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENTRIGHT NOW.THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED.IT IS JUST GOING TO BE A GREATWEEKEND OF MUSIC AND FUN OUTHERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.WE WILL BE TALKING TO THEARTIST, TO THE PEOPLE WHO AREHERE AND TRYING TO GIVE YOU ABACKSTAGE LOOK AT THIS FESTIVALAND FOR YOU AS MUCH COVERAGE ASWE CAN OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.THANK YOU SO MUCH.REPORTING LIVE FROM MONTEREY,CAITLIN CONRAD, KSBW ACTION NEWS8.BRITTANY: WE ARE DEFINITELYLOOKING FORWARD TO THE BACKSTAGE

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Celebrating the summer of love at the Monterey Pops Festival

Several original acts return for this weekend’s Monterey Pops Festival